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Please use this thread to post your Seattle arrival and departure information. Please also include your screenname, the arrival date/time of your airline/flight and flight number, departure date/time and airline/flight number, as it will help us in offering a proper greeting once you arrive at the Roosevelt Hotel.

Please use this thread only if you will be joining us in Seattle in August 2011.

AMG Seattle 2011 will be held August 17-22, 2011 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Seattle, Washington (1531 South Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101)

Hotel reservations can be made by calling 206-621-1200 (1-800-663-1144). Use the group code: AMG Reunion to secure the group rate, which is $115 per night + 15.6% room tax.

We will be starting another thread providing additional details about AMG Seattle 2011 activities, etc. soon. Donations and requests for assistance details can be found on another thread that is active in the AM Gatherings topic area.

Provide your information in the following format:

Screenname/First Name Arrival Date Time Airline/Flight Number Depart Date Time Airline/Flight #

Just a note, I'm not going to post my first name on the forum. I didn't when I went to Boston AMG 2009 either, due to privacy concerns (Google searches, etc.). But of course, everyone who will be there will learn my name but will be sworn to secrecy on threat of slow, painful death

I got back home today from a fun-filled time at my ASO making safer-sex packets (shoving 6 colorful condoms, a couple packets of lube, a get-tested-at-the-ASO card, and instructions for using the condoms all inside little plastic bags) for the big "Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day" event coming up this weekend (free food, steppers, a motorcycle stunt group, singers!), to find that my buddy Hopey-Curey had made arrangements so that I'll be coming along with him on the trip to Seattle. WooHoo! Isn't he just the best? I'm going to have to bake a big ol' double batch of lemon bars for the trip to thank him.

These United flights are actually on Continental planes -- don't know the Continental flight numbers -- however, if anyone is arriving at the same time as me on Continental -- I'll see you on the flight from Newark.

well, I have been promising (and it worked for getting people to the recent SC ADAP rally) lemon bars, so keep that in mind Will. Yummy delicious lemon bars if you come to Seattle (That is if Hope4 and I don't eat them all on the trip across the country. )

Hey... I ordered 4 cookbooks so technically I could whip up one thing from each at the same time. That is if the printers hadn't been dumb and put them in the box wet (see cookbook thread) I might actually have mine to cook from!

Trust me, when they get here, I may not have photoshhop but you're in for some stiff cooking competition!

"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." - Butch Hancock, Musician, The Flatlanders

Hope this helps for others who may be stalking tracking arrivals/departures to plan for welcoming and/or sharing cab rides from airport, etc. (Also, some screennames have been abbreviated to allow for formatting to be maintained - although, I still wasn't too successful w/ that )

Curtis (screen name Curtis) and I are arriving on Wednesday 8/17 around noon and will be coming to the Roosevelt on the shuttle. He is flying Continental out of Houston and I on Continental from New York (Newark). We will be staying until lunchtime on Sunday 8/21. We will be traveling onto Vancouver, Victoria and the Olympic Peninsula for an additional week. We are very excited about reconnecting with the AMG crowd and visiting this amazing region.

This was on the PDF sent by the Roosevelt with my confirmation. In case you haven't scrolled down.Airport ShuttleAirport shuttle service is the Grayline Airporter Bus, which stops at the Grand Hyatt Hotel across thestreet. Rate is $10.25/person one way, $17.00 roundtrip. Runs every 30 minutes from 5:30am-11pm. Onthe lower arrivals level, follow the signs to "Scheduled Airporter Services" by Door '00' just past baggagecarousel 1 for both ticketing & boarding. 800-426-7532A taxi is approx 25USD each way to the airport.

Hope this helps for others who may be stalking tracking arrivals/departures to plan for welcoming and/or sharing cab rides from airport, etc. (Also, some screennames have been abbreviated to allow for formatting to be maintained - although, I still wasn't too successful w/ that )

Thanks Phil. So we're at 16 and counting. WOW. But I know of at least an additional 10 members who are planning to come, and there's always a couple of drop offs, but it's looking like we'll total 25 - 30.

This is going to be so much fun, like leatherman I'm getting excited too.

RAB

P.S. Do you know if there's a deadline for people to make their hotel reservations by? Dennis usually instructs us on that sort of stuff.

I called the hotel to make my reservation. Don't forget to ask for the AMG REUNION rate ($115/NT PLS TAX.)]

They only have DELUXE QUEEN rooms left. No more DELUXE DOUBLES.

If you need to cancel, you must do so 3 days prior to arrival.

Also, for the group rate, all reservations must made by July 15

THAT'S ALL FOLKS

I made a reservation yesterday for another member and was told the same thing. When I made MY reservation I still had the option, since I don't usually do threesomes , I opted for the "deluxe queen". (Since I am one!)

I hope people don't lollygag too long in booking their rooms, sounds like the hotel is filling up.

The 2006 # isn't accurate. 2006 was the year we moved to the new forums and anyone who was already a member, now shows as joining in 2006. Ex: I joined in 2003.

you are correct.

i joined in some previous yr too and "re-joined" in 2006. I remember coming back to the site and wondering what the hell had happened and why I had to join again. (I didn't participate often back then, although this was the site that kept me up-to-dates on all those "new" meds coming out for which I was anxiously waitng - and trying not to die before they came to market. ah! how I miss the bad ol' days ) Most of the "2006" memberships range from May to July, so, to be honest, I would bet that ALL of those 2006's were actually previous members in the old forums.

Just booked my room for six nights. They asked if I preferred a smoking or nonsmoking queen and I, of course, answered "it depends on how attractive he is!" One of my best wicked retorts in years! and I thought I was out of practice!

I went ahead and made the leap and booked my room. This will be my first flight ever! I've never booked a flight so it'll take me a few to update that. Is anyone coming from the East coast have a stop-over in Columbus? It'd be nice to book that flight so I have someone to help me relax. I heard they don't allow too much wine on those planes.

I almost couldn't couldn't hold it in when they asked if I wanted a deluxe queen.

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